ATLANTA - For the sixth consecutive season, the CCSA Beach Volleyball Scholar-Athlete of the Year hails from Florida State as Paige Kalkhoff earned the honor for the 2023 season, the league office announced on Wednesday. Kalkhoff is joined by nine of the league's student-athletes named to the 2023 All-Academic Team.
Kalkhoff continues the string of FSU Scholar-Athletes as she holds a 4.00 GPA while majoring in Public Health with a minor in Business. The Cincinnati, Ohio native posted a 21-9 record at the 1s, helping to lead the Seminoles to a 29-6 overall record and a No. 4 national ranking this season. Kalkhoff and her Court 1 partner and fellow All-Academic honoree, Maddie Anderson, earned 18 ranked victories this season as the defending tournament champion Seminoles enter the CCSA Championship as the #2 seed.
South Carolina garnered a league-high four All-Academic selections as voted on by the league's sports information directors. The Seminoles earned two selections along with league newcomer Grand Canyon while LSU and Missouri State earned one distinction each.
The All-Academic Team recognizes student-athletes who excel both in the sand and in the classroom. All 10 members of the team boast a 3.50 cumulative grade point average or better and participated in at least half of their team's games.
2023 CCSA Beach Volleyball All-Academic Team
*Paige Kalkhoff, Florida State (4.00 | Jr. | Cincinnati, Ohio | Public Health)
*Maddie Anderson#, Florida State (3.94 | Jr. | Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. | Finance)
*Mackenzie Harris, Grand Canyon (4.00 | Sr. | Murfreesboro, Tenn. | Accounting)
*Melia Lindner, LSU (4.15 | Gr. | Fort Walton Beach, Fla. | Veterinary Medicine)
Abbie Hughes, Grand Canyon (4.00 | Sr. | Mason, Ohio | Addiction Counseling)
Riley Drew, Missouri State (3.94 | Fr. | Virginia Beach, Va. | Speech-Language Pathology)
Skylar Allen#, South Carolina (3.83 | Sr. | Mahomet, Ill. | Exercise Science)
Allison Coens, South Carolina (3.91 | Gr. | Lenexa, Kan. | International Business)
Hannah Mackenhausen, South Carolina (3.95 | Jr. | San Diego, Calif. | Psychology)
Simone Priebe, South Carolina (4.00 | Gr. | Austin, Texas | International Business)
* - Denotes a unanimous selection
# - denotes a two-time selection to the All-Academic Team
The Coastal Collegiate Sports Association (CCSA) is a progressive NCAA Division I conference dedicated to the enhancement of opportunities for students. The conference was founded in 2008 to provide a championship opportunity for Swimming and Diving student-athletes and extended that opportunity with the addition of Beach Volleyball in the summer of 2015. The league's footprint extends into several states: Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia. The CCSA is dedicated to the student-athletes who compete in its championships and their success in the classroom, in the field of competition, and life after graduation.